Bug#785124: Gnome Tweaks Crashes With AutoStart .Desktop Files

[Craig Prevallet]

On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 10:46:19 -0600 Craig Prevallet
<penguintx at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I ran into this (10 year old!) bug as well.  I've got three autostart
> desktop files in my autostart folder (/home/craig/.config/autostart)
> removing them allows gnome-tweaks to start as a workaround.
> 
> I get the following Python traceback if someone wants to take the
time
> to troubleshoot:
> 
> 
> 
>   File "/usr/bin/gnome-tweaks", line 100, in <module>
>     from gtweak.app import GnomeTweaks
>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gtweak/app.py", line 13, in
> <module>
>     from gtweak.tweakview import Window
>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gtweak/tweakview.py", line 20,
> in <module>
>     from gtweak.tweaks.tweak_group_startup import TWEAK_GROUP as
> StartupApplicationTweaks
>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-
> packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_startup.py", line 348, in <module>
>     TWEAK_GROUP = AutostartTweakGroup()
>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-
> packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_startup.py", line 243, in __init__
>     self._startup_dapps = self._get_startup_desktop_files()
>                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-
> packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_startup.py", line 327, in
> _get_startup_desktop_files
>     if not AutostartFile(dappinfo).is_start_at_login_enabled():
>            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gtweak/utils.py", line 156, in
> __init__
>     self._desktop_file = appinfo.get_filename(appinfo)
> 
> -- 
> Craig Prevallet <penguintx at hotmail.com>
> 
> 

Ok, I couldn't help myself and had a deeper look.  The following allows
gnome-tweaks to open for with items in the autostart folder.

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gtweak/utils.py", line 156
156c156
<             self._desktop_file = appinfo.get_filename(appinfo)
---
>             self._desktop_file = appinfo.get_filename()

It would be nice if this got upstreamed...

-- 
Craig Prevallet <penguintx at hotmail.com>